Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 14,246, Abraham Foot, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Corn
Foot, Abraham Abby
R 14,246
CONTENTS

Rev. 1813 Wars Section.
A. N. J.
October 25, 1928.
Mrs. Frank M. Bleakney, 210 East Pine Avenue, Grove City, Pennsylvania.
Madam:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 14246 , it appears that Abraham Foot of Litchfield County, Connecticut, was a militia captain in the colonial service, volunteered with his company immediately after the battle of Lexington, was in active service for two years during the Revolution as a Captain in the Connecticut State Troops, and was at the battles of White Plains, and New Haven, at the surrender of Burgoyne, and in the expedition against Newport.
He married on September 20, 1788, Abby Rogers, He died in Litchfield or Fairfield County, Connecticut, November 12, 1843.
On March 22, 1862 their only surviving child Cynthia Bishop a widow, aged sixty-five years, applied for pension due her father but the same was not allowed as children were not entitled.
Respectfully,
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
E. W. MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.

...my day ...son of Mr. ...daughter ...which is etc.
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The State of Connecticut } Town of Kent. s.s. Litchfield County.
On this twenty second day of March A.D. One thousand, eight hundred and sixty two, personally appeared before me Lemuel Beecher, Judge of Probate of the town of Kent, in the County of Litchfield, and State of Connecticut, at a Court held in said town, in the Court House thereof, M rs Cynthia Bishop, personally known to the Court, who being first duly sworn, according to law, oath on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by act of Congress, passed 7 th June A.D. 1832, and the said Cynthia Bishop, aged 65 years, says, that she is the only living child of the late Captain Abram Foot deceased, late of Litchfield County, in the State of Connecticut. That previous to the revolutionary war, he was a Captain in the Militia in the Colonial service. That at the breaking out of hostilities between the Colonies and England, he volunteered, with his company immediately after the battle at Lexington, that from this time to the end of the war he was at frequent and long intervals on active duty in field and camp for more than two years, & always in the capacity of Captain in the Connecticut Line of troops. Declarant has frequently heard her father say that he had raised his own company & equipped many of them. That the said Abram Foot was at one time in camp on duty at Danbury guarding stores in the year 1776, and at various other places for considerable spaces of time during the war. That she, the declarant not knowing any of the particulars of the service of her father of her own knowledge, not then being born, cannot relate them with certainty; but has so often in the family circle, and by others known as officers & soldiers in said war, heard her father and them relate his services as a Captain, that she has no doubt but he did so serve for a period of more than two years. Declarant has not now in her possession the original Commission creating him a Captain, but in his life time her father did have one; and this declarant has seen it in the possession of her father. Declarant has the original Commission, which is herewith annexed, appointing her father an adjutant as will appear by reference thereto. She has been able to procure from the Comptroller's office at Hartford the record evidence herewith filed showing he acted as Captain in the State troops. That besides these she has no record proof, and
No commission found where this claim was opened by me on Apr. 9, 1908 AW.

relies for the proof of full two, or more years service of her father a Captain, to the several depositions accompanying this her declaration; that she cannot particularize the special services of her father.
Declarant further says that her father married to her mother, who was Abby Rogers, on or about the 25 th day of September A.D. One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty eight, who has since departed this life. That declarant is the only child living, surviving her said parents, and their only heir at law. That so far as she is informed, neither her father or mother ever applied to the Pension Bureau for a pension or annuity, or ever received one, or any bounty land, during their lifetime. That for years before he died his mind and memory became imbecile, by reason of disease contracted in the service of which declarant has heard him speak before he became imbecile.
Cynthia Bishop
Attest in the presence of
Hannah I. Fuller Wm S Edwards
The State of Connecticut. Kent, Litchfield County 22 nd March 1862
Sworn to, and subscribed by the declarant on the day and year first mentioned, before me Probate Judge of Probate Court for the Town of Kent and County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut. Sworn to, & subscribed in open Court, the affiant being personally known to me.
Leman Beecher Judge of Probate
The State of Connecticut. County of Litchfield. } S.S.
Leman Beecher Judge of
Probate for the County & State aforesaid, holden at Kent in said County, this 22 nd day of March A.D. 1862, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court, that Abraham Foot, late of said County, died in the said County of Litchfield, on the twelfth day of November A.D. 1843.
It also satisfactorily appears that his widow is also dead, but that the said Abraham Foot, and Abigail his wife left surviving them but one child to wit, the aforesaid Cynthia Bishop now a widow, and that she is the only surviving child and heir of the said Abraham Foot.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 22 nd day of March 1862.
Leman Beecher Judge of Probate
Kent Probate

Record Division.
April 9, 1908.
Mrs. Emma Foote Kirk, 119 East Pine Street, Atlanta, Georgia.
Madam:
In reply to your letter without date which was received the 1 st instant, you are advised that from the papers in the pension claim R. File No. 14,246 it appears that Abraham Foot of Litchfield County, Connecticut, was a militia Captain in the colonial service, volunteered with his company immediately after the battle of Lexington, was in active service for two years during the Revolution as a Captain in the Connecticut State Troops, and was at the battles of White Plains, and New Haven, at the surrender of Burgoyne, and in the expedition against New York.
He married on September 20, 1788, Abby Rogers, he died in Litchfield County, Connecticut, November 12, 1843.
On March 22, 1862 their only surviving child Cynthia Bishop a widow, aged 65 years, applied for pension due her father but the same was not allowed as children were not entitled. *
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
* See Act of Apr. 2, 1862 - children no title under - except to complete claim already Established by soldier or widow

Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
Jan. 23, 1928.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly give me the pension record of Samuel Merson, born 1741, of Waterloo Conn. Served in Conn. Co. in 10 th Reg. N.Y. Militia under Lieut. Isaac Benham of Waterloo.
The pay roll of Capt Abraham Foot's Reg. of Militia has the name of Samuel Merson enlisted May 8, 1777. - also war or pension record of Capt Abraham Foot -
Respectfully
Mrs Frank M Bleakney 210 E Pine ave, Grove City, Pa

I am a lineal descendant of Capt. Abraham Foote of Branford, Conn. Kindly send me any record you have of his services in the Revolution- ary War.
Yours very truly.
Mrs. Emma Foote Kirk. 119 East Pine St.
Atlanta.
Ga.

Record Division. O. W. AND N. DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
April 4 , 1908
Searched by L. D. Lamparter
Original No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant, Capt.
Soldier, Abraham Foote
Service, _____ Rev. War
Remarks: No claim as above except Reg. # 14246
_____ Chief of Division.

Nottingham 2000
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contr
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

1908 Apr. 9. Visit to Emma Scott Nick 1928 Oct. 25 Visit to Mrs. Frank Bleakley, A.D.F.
1910

Heir of Abraham Foot. Captain in Revolutionary War.

Act 7 th June 1832.

Letter of Com. Pensions Date 22 nd Jan. 1858.

Pension Office, January 22. 1838.
Sir,
I have the honor herewith to return the petition and papers of Andrew Chapman for pension in virtue of the revolutionary services of his father George Chapman, and the petition and papers presented to the Senate by the heirs of Capt. Abraham Foot, an alleged revolutionary officer.
No application has ever been made to this office for pension in virtue of the Revolutionary services of either of these parties.
With much respect,
Your Obedient Servant, G. W. Colburn Commissioner.
Hon. Geo. W. Jones, Ch m Com. Rev. Pensions, U. S. Senate.

Please transmit me the papers of Mrs. Cynthia Bishop, heir of the late Captain Frost of the Revolutionary Army, asking to be paid the arrear of pension due her father. Accompany the papers and the proofs sustaining her claim which I hope will meet your approval.
Very respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
J. W. Peters
attorney

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Foster Pension
Mr. Foster.

State of Connecticut Comptroller's office Hartford Oct. 24 th 1837
I certify that on application for evidence of the service of Abraham Foot, as a Captain in the war of the Revolution, I have examined the documents remaining in this office, and find the name of Capt. Abraham Foot, entered in an account on the book called "Haskells Receipts," under the following heading viz, "The United States, Dr. To the State of Connecticut "for the service of State Troops and militia raised for the defence of the State, and allowed by act of Congress December 28 th 1779, computed according to the Continental establishment of Pay" from April to November 1779," and opposite the name of Capt. Foot, under the heading "Amount paid in nominal money" is entered £ 516. 1. 7." "Computed value of services from April 1 st to November 1 st 1779 £ 16. 17. 5."
On a Pay Table Day Book is the entry "Capt. Abraham Foots Pay Roll, New Haven, £ 516. 1. 7."
Said Pay Roll is not now found in this office.
Joseph G Lamb, Comptroller by Geo. Robinson Clerk.

The State of Connecticut } Fairfield County.
Personally appeared before me David B. Beers, a Justice of the Peace, in & for the County and State aforesaid Sylvia Ives, who being sworn, deposes & says, that she is a citizen of & resident of Newtown in the County and State aforesaid, and aged Eighty Nine years and over.
Deponent avers that she personally knew the late Captain Abraham Foot for many years previous to his death - that she knew him in fact almost all her life, since she could remember. -
Deponent avers that Captain Foot was a Captain in the American Army, during the revolutionary War, and served in the Continental Line of Troops during the said War, and in actual command of a Company. Deponent knows this personally, having often seen him at the head of his company, drilling his men, and seen him in camp on duty. Deponent avers that Captain Foot was a man of large property, and of the highest respectability at the commencement of the War, and among the first to take up arms in support of Independence. His position in society & his wealth enabled him to exercise great influence in his neighborhood, and deponent has no doubt the prompt support he gave the rising cause, determined the action of many of the young men of the neighborhood in which he lived.
Deponent avers further that Captain Foot raised his own company, equipped many of them, and supplied clothing, and subsisted them from his own means, and subsequently repeatedly supplied them, when the government was known to have no means to do it. Deponent  She was old enough to know this, and herself assisted in sewing their shirts and pants, previous to their going to camp at Danbury. - Deponent further avers that the said Captain Foot to the day of his death, was greatly respected and revered by all his company who survived the war, and who lived in his vicinity - and deponent has heard frequently him & them conversing about the incidents that happened to them during the time

they were in arms together, & recounted the scenes of peril they jointly encountered. Captain Foot's first service was a week after the battle of Lexington. He then marched to Cambridge and was gone until November. Deponent has frequently conversed with Captain Foot since the war, & has heard him repeatedly assert that he had not been one quarter paid in good money, his pay as Captain, & that he had never received any thing for the supplies furnished his company, and never applied for it because the Government had no money to pay with, and could not until his country was out of debt. Often heard him say, that he had never received six months payment. He always spoke of his sacrifices, as if he was the debtor of his country for the privilege of being permitted to make them. Deponent knows, that Capt. Foot served at Danbury in 1776, guarding stores. - Deponent says that the memory of Captain Foot is now revered by the descendents in his neighborhood, of many of the men Captain commanded, & they now recount anecdotes, told by the old soldiers of their captain's doings in the war. Sworn to & subscribed before me this 24th day of September 1857
(David B. Beecher) Sister of the Deceased Sylvia Foes
I certify that I have personally known the foregoing deponent for more than eight years past - that she is an aged person, universally known & recognized in the neighborhood as a person of integrity & veracity, & from my own knowledge, I fully concur in the sound opinion - any statement made by her is entitled to full faith & credit. It is universally believed in this neighborhood, that she is a relic of the revolution. Geo. H. B. Foes

State of Connecticut } Fairfield County }
Personally appeared before me, David B. Root, a Justice of The Peace in & for the County & State aforesaid, Miles Bishop, who being duly sworn, deposes and says, That he is a citizen & resident of Newton in The County of Fairfield in The State of Connecticut and ninety two years old. That he personally knew The late Captain Abraham Root, previous to his death, That he knew him for almost all his life;
Deponent avers That Captain Root was a Captain in The Connecticut Line during The Revolutionary war and served as such in Command of a Company of Infantry, of which deponent was a private about two months in the summer of 1778 at Danbury. Deponent further avers That the said Captain Root was a man of large property, of the highest respectability at The commencement & during The war & was among The first to take up arms in support of Independence. His position in society & his wealth enabled him to exercise great influence in his neighborhood. & deponent has no doubt The action of Capt Root determined The course of many of his neighbors. Deponent avers That Captain Root raised his own Company supplied them with Clothing and fed them from his own means when none could be procured from The Government. He was one of The most patriotic men of his day & his memory was long held in reverence by The survivors of his Company who all spoke of him with love and admiration. Deponent never knew a better Captain or one more useful. Deponent was also at the battle of New Haven & when taken by Gen Tryon on the fifth day of July A.D. 1779. Captain Root was at the same battle also, with his company, deponent composing one of them. He was in active service during this year, until we went into winter quarters, Christmas following, deponent having rejoined them in October same year.

after a furlough. — Deponent further avers that long after the Revolution he has frequently in conversation with Captain Root heard him recount his scenes of peril en- counter as well by deponent and has frequently heard him speak of the supplies he has furnished his Company and the American Army when they greatly needed it & it was difficult to procure. He always said he was more paid any thing for these supplies and would wait until his County was out of debt & rich enough to be called upon. He could as yet live without her and it always seemed as if he considered himself the debtor in being privileged to furnish his means & property in that day of peril.
Deponent avers that the memory of Captain Root is now revered in the neighborhood by the children of the men whose fathers he commanded & who now re- count many reminiscences of his devotion to his Country.
"of 1776 at Danbury", 13 th line first interlined Sworn to & subscribed before me
This 11 th day of September 1858 David O'Brien
Miles Bishop
} }
I David O'Brien The Justice of the Peace before whom the aforesaid Miles Bishop made the foregoing Affidavit do hereby certify that I have been personally acquainted with him for many years that he is an aged man universally known and recognized in his neighborhood as a revolutionary soldier and a man of respectability and unblamable conduct.
David O'Brien Justice of the Peace

STATE OF CONNECTICUT.
County of Fairfield ss.
I, ARTHUR TREAT, Clerk, within and for said Fairfield County, and keeper of the Seal thereof, and of the Commission of Justices of the Peace for said County, hereby certify—That
David B. Buel Esquire,
was on the 26 th day of September 1857 and now is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, having full power and authority by the laws of this State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and other Instruments, and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give Certificates thereof; that full faith and credit may, and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations; that I am acquainted with his hand-writing, and know that the signatures to the instruments hereto annexed, purporting to be his such genuine official signatures, and that said instrument is executed, acknowledged, and duly authenticated according to the laws of this State.
01917

State of Connecticut Litchfield County
To the Honorable the Senate & House of Representatives of the United States.
The Petition of Mrs Cynthia Bishop, widow, of the County & State aforesaid respectfully Shews &c.
That she is the only child and heir at law, of the late Captain Abraham Foot deceased, late of said County. That the said Abraham Foot was a Captain in the State Troops of the State of Connecticut, in the revolutionary war, and was in active service in field and garrison for more than two years; in what particular service, your petition does not know of her own knowledge, and refers to the annexed testimony, both records and oral to support her averments in this regard.
That so far as your petitioner knows or believes, her father the said Captain Abraham Foot, never applied for, or received the benefit of any pension, or annuity from the Government during his life time, nor did his widow, after his death receive any such pension or annuity.
That her father, the said Captain Abraham Foot died in the County of Fairfield, in said State, after a long series of years of suffering from exposure during the war, & which for many years before his death rendered him in-

incapable from making any application for such pension by reason of failure of mind and memory. That his widow, the mother of your petitioner died very soon after her husband. That he died on, or about the twelfth day of November, in the Year One Thousand eight hundred and forty three, an old and respected soldier.
Your petitioner would also shew, that at the death of her said father, he left surviving him, his widow (who soon after died) and your petitioner his only child and heir at law, and her children, his only descendants.
Your petitioner would shew, that under a recent, & sudden, & as she is informed, unjust interpretation of the law, children are refused the pension due their parents, which a grateful country heretofore gave them, & your petitioner is driven for relief to your Honorable Body.
Your Petitioner therefore humbly prays Your Honorable Body, to pass a law for her relief, and authorize and direct the Hon ble the Secretary of the Interior, to place the name of the said Captain Abraham Foot upon the Pension Rolls, as a Captain in the revolutionary war, and to pay the amount due him at the time of his death, to wit, the said 12 th day of November A.D. 1843, to your petitioner as his only heir at law.
And your petition will ever pray &c.
Cynthia Bishop, W m H. J. N. Peters

Heirs of Abram Foot, a Cabin in Rev. Man.
Affidavits of David Root. Harvey Root. John A. Willford Irene Foot.

State of Connecticut, County of New Haven, } ss. COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, Alfred H. Terry Clerk of New Haven County, and of the Superior Court within and for New Haven County, and keeper of the Seal thereof, and of the Commission of Justices of the Peace for said County, hereby certify:—That, William Dufresne Esquire was on the 8 th & 28 day of September 1857 and now is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly appointed, commis- sioned and sworn, having full power and authority by the Laws of this State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and other instruments, and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take affidavits and depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; that full faith and credit may, and ought to be given to his official acts, and attestations; that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and that the signature to the instruments hereto an- nected purporting to be his, are his genuine official signature; and that said instrument are executed, acknowledged, and duly authenticated according to the laws of this State.
In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and affix the Seal of said Court, at the City of New Haven, in said County and State, on this 28 th day of September A. D., 1857
Alfred H. Terry Clerk.

State of Connecticut } New Haven County ss —
Personally appeared before me William Russell a Justice of the Peace in & for the County & State aforesaid David Rose, who being duly sworn says that he is a resident of South Branford
Deponent personally knew Capt. Abraham Hook in his life time, and personally knew he was a Captain in the American Army during the Revolutionary War. Deponent was often at the residence of Capt. Hook and saw him almost daily.
Deponent avers that he was one of the first to take up arms in the cause of independence.
The said Capt. Hook was an active and efficient Officer, had great influence among his Acquaintance, & induced many young men to volunteer & enlist in the cause many of whom did good service.
Sworn to & subscribed before me } David Rose this 28 th day of September 1857
William Russell Justice of the Peace
I Certify that I have personally known

the foregoing (Dane Rose Mary) years past that he is an aged man
That he is owner of good and lawful in the Community of undivided property to any statement made by him is entitled to full credit to wit
Given under my hand the 28 th day of September 1857
William Packer Justice of the Peace

The State of Connecticut } New Haven County } S.S.
Harvey Pona being duly sworn upon the Holy Evangelists, deposes and says, that he is a citizen & resident of Branford, in the State aforesaid, & was born in the same & is over ninety four years old.
That he personally well knew the late Captain Abram Foot, a soldier, & Captain in the Connecticut Line, in the War of the Revolution, but now deceased. That deponent was the near neighbor of the said Capt. Foot, & deponent worked with him very often & was almost daily at his house. That Capt. Foot was a man in affluent circumstance, - a farmer & man of means & during the struggle for Independence liberally spent his money, & contributed his property, in the cause. He was among the most ready & obliging of his day, and as deponent's opportunities to know him  were ample were ample, he can & does speak of his zeal, from his personal knowledge. Deponent served under him, in his company two years. Deponent further avers that Capt. Foot had several scars upon his person apparently caused by musket or other ball, as well as cuts, showing of wounds, but did not see them given. Capt. Foot was in the service all or most of the War & absent on duty Deponent has frequently heard Capt. Foot relate scenes, & occurrences, & facts that occurred during the revolutionary war, as vividly and minutely, as on the day they occurred, which deponent knew to be true, some of them in which both deponent & he participated. Deponent further avers that the said Capt. Foot was one among many others, who were soldiers of the Revolution, well & personally known to deponent, and as will be known to the States of Connecticut  matter , as Col. Trumbull General Putnam & others, whose names only need be mentioned to insure their being recognized as Revolutionary officers. Capt. Abraham Foot was a readily recognized

as an officer in the said Revolutionary War, by his neglects & such men, as any more prominent historical name of the day. Deponent has heard Col. Trumbull speak in the highest terms of Capt. Foot's services. Deponent avers that Capt. Foot like most of the Patriots of his day, whose pecuniary means enabled them to live in comparative ease, always when speaking of the subject said the nation was too poor not yet to pay the money calls made upon her, for him to put in a claim, when it was able, his children could receive what he might be entitled to, should he die and not receive it.
Sworn to & subscribed before me
this 8 th day of September 1857
William Russell
Justice of the Peace
Harvey Good
I, William Russell Justice of the Peace as aforesaid do hereby certify, that I personally know the aforesaid Harvey Good & have known him for 40 years, & that he is an old man of unquestioned veracity & truth & sound mind & memory, and any fact stated by him would be, & is entitled to full credit. I certify that he has the reputation, & generally believed by our oldest citizens to have been a revolutionary character & soldier.
William Russell
Justice of the Peace

The State of Connecticut } New Haven County } S.S.
John A. Wilford, being, duly sworn upon the Holy Evangelists, deposes and says, that he is a citizen and resident of Branford, in the State aforesaid, aged ninety five years and upwards.
That he personally & intimately well knew the late Captain Abraham Foot, & as Captain in the American Army during the Revolutionary war, and in the Connecti- cut Line - of which deponent speaks of his personal knowledge.
Deponent was a near neighbor of Captain Foot and knew him intimately, & had every opportunity to learn his history. He was one of the most ardent Whigs of his time during the Revolution, and was a man reputed to be of affluent circumstance, devoting freely both these, and his services, in the battle field, to secure American Indep- -dence. He was among the first at the commencement of the struggle to engage in the cause, and his personal standing & influence in his neighborhood, contributed greatly to con- -firm & strengthen many of his doting and timid neigh- -bors, in fact it was by the influence of such men as Capt. Foot, that many a soldier was brought into the field that otherwise would have held aloof. He was a man of energy & great zeal as a whig, & was known as one of the minute men of his day, always ready at a moment's call, when off duty, & at home attending to his private interest, to return to arms & the battle field. Captain Foot marched with his Company to Cambridge immediately after the news of Lexington battle - Deponent avers, that since the War, he, and the said together with Capt. Foot, have frequently conversed together & recalled many a stirring scene of the revolution and the same fire & patriotic glow warmed his bosom. The deponent remembers various services ren- -dered by Capt. Foot, such as keeping guard of supplies in

store, at Danbury in the Spring of 1778. He was a volunteer with his company in the expedition against Newport in the summer of 1778, which rendered him noted in his day & which is now traditional in the neighborhood where Capt. Foot lived at that time & where he died. Capt. Foot performed much active duty during the war. He was repeatedly absent for months together from home. I know & subscribed before me  This 8 th day of September 1857  William Russell Justice of the Peace  John D. Willford John D. Willford his mark X
I, William Russell the Justice of the Peace, before whom the aforesaid, John D. Willford, made the foregoing affidavit, do hereby certify that I personally well know the said John D. Willford & have known him many years. That he is a highly respectable man, of known truth & veracity and all statements made by him even not under oath are entitled to as full credit, as any man in the community. He is generally known as a revolutionary character in the community.
William Russell Justice of the Peace

The State of Connecticut } County of New Haven } S.S.
Mercy Foot being duly sworn says, that she is a resident of Branford, New Haven County, in the State of Connecticut, aged ninety one years & upward. That she personally knew the late Capt. Ab- raham Foot all her life, and knew him during the war of the Revolution. He was a Captain in the Connecticut Line of troops, during the war, and was out on active duty frequently during the war. He was, what was known at that day as a minute man, & on duty for the war whenever he was called upon. Deponent knows he went to and guarded Danbury when used as the depot for supplies early in the year 1776 and was absent from home on duty in Camp, all winter, & until May following. Deponent says, that the said Captain Foot was frequently at the house of deponent's father, during his differ- ent tours of service. Saw him marching to Cambridge a with his company a few days after the news arrived of the battle of Lexington, & he returned home in November. Deponent knows of her own knowledge that he was in command of a company of troops, having often seen him exercising said command at the head of his company. He was as well recognized in the revolutionary war as a Captain, by as Gen. Putnam was a General, or any other officer whose name is known to time history & fame. I have seen them recognize Captain Foot as a brother in arms, and de- ponent is not too old to feel the glow of patriotic pride man- her heart as she remembers the services, zeal & alacrity with which Captain Foot served his country & contributed his means in the days of the revolution. Deponent lived in his family & ought to know. Deponent says that Captain Foot was as often in affluent circumstances & thought she personally knows he contributed his means on many occasions to the wants of his company & the American Army, yet when Captain Foot was spoken to upon the subject of making a claim upon the

Government for remuneration, he has always said he would wait until the Government was better able to pay him. He never craved money. Deponent does not know to what extent the amount Captain Foot contributed besides his services, but it must of have been considerable. He was always clothing or furnish- ing some soldier. Deponent has frequently heard Captain Foot speak subsequently to the war of the services he had been engaged in, & the hardships & scenes he had passed through, scenes & circumstances as well known in that day by deponent, and the whole community, as the battle of White Plains, and the surrender of Burgoyne. Deponent personally knows he was on duty from home several times from three months & six months at a time. Deponent is not aware that Captain Foot in his life- time ever received any compensation or Pension from the Government. On the contrary, has often heard him say he had not. She is not related to, or connected with him or his family.
Sworn to before me this 8 th day of September 1857 William Russell Justice of the Peace
} Mrs Irene Foot her mark X
I, William Russell the Justice of the Peace before whom the foregoing Irene Foot made the aforesaid affidavit do hereby certify that she is well known to me to be an aged person having the reputation of living in the time of the Revolution - that she is a woman highly respected & of undoubted veracity, & whose word would be received by the community with undoubted credence. The interlineations above the 13 th and 16 th lines being first made before swearing.
William Russell Justice of the Peace